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A report has praised an important protection for legal services consumers provided by the Law Society of Scotland.

Defence solicitors in Dundee are stepping up industrial action after what they described as “fruitless” talks with the Scottish government over criminal legal aid funding. Members of the Dundee Bar Association (DBA) have voted to withdraw from a scheme operating at Dundee Sheriff Court t

Nearly 30,000 criminals have breached their community sentences over the last 11 years, according to new statistics. Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives via a freedom of information request show that between 2012-13 and 2023-24, 29,544 community payback orders were terminated because of v

A package of reforms to "strengthen the governance, accountability and shared service arrangements of public bodies" supported by the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB), which manages the Parliament, has been set out in a new report. During a six-month inquiry, the SPCB Supported Bodies La

Dallas McMillan Solicitors sponsored the inaugural Mennock Pass Stage Race, a two-day showcase of Scottish road racing hosted by Liam White and the Torvelo team. Held over the weekend and set against the dramatic backdrop of Scotland’s highest village of Wanlockhead, the race featured the icon

The Faculty of Advocates has still not published new disciplinary rules, despite being encouraged to do so 18 months ago by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC). In December 2023, the SLCC made three recommendations to Faculty: to improve the clarity of its disciplinary rules; write a com

A survey of Scottish legal aid solicitors has revealed further evidence of a deepening crisis in access to justice, with 41 per cent of respondents either planning to stop legal aid work within two years or unsure whether they will continue. The findings come from a Law Society of Scotland survey of

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is still accepting feedback on changes it has made to its Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers. Last year it ran a 12-week consultation on

A new law which makes it easier for Scottish businesses to borrow against their moveable assets could help unlock more cross-border investment, a banking expert believes. The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act came into force on April 1, bringing Scotland’s lending legislation into alignment

Ahead of a members’ business debate at Holyrood, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has urged John Swinney to grant the Fornethy House abuse survivors access to the Redress compensation scheme. The Scottish government’s Redress Scheme pays out up to £100,000 an

Blackadders LLP has donated £16,000 to the Scottish music charity Sistema Scotland’s Big Noise project after a year of fundraising. The firm adopted Sistema as its charity of the year and match funded fundraising efforts by employees.

A former law student at the University of Glasgow has won a judicial review challenge against the decision of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to refuse to investigate her complaints into a dispute over her degree classification after a lord ordinary found that two her three grounds of appeal

Plans to transform social care across Scotland will be progressed after the Scottish Parliament approved the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill. Thousands of people with experience of accessing, delivering and receiving social care, social work and community health services have helped co-design the legisl

Scotland’s criminal defence solicitors are to withdraw from a new flagship summary justice scheme in protest at the Scottish government’s failure to increase legal aid rates. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has confirmed that its members will no longer participate in imple

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Lord Ross, who passed away on April 26 this year. "Donald Ross held a succession of the highest offices in the Scottish legal system of which he was a proud and doughty champion. He was the youngest of three children of John Ross, a solicitor in Dundee.